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Political Skill: A Servant-Leadership Complementary, Peter Mulinge Jan 2021

Political Skill: A Servant-Leadership Complementary, Peter Mulinge

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

The constructs of political skill and servant-leadership may be thought of as paths to influence. Nevertheless, out of curiosity, one might enthusiastically ask whether political skill and servantleadership are two faces of the same coin serving a similar purpose. While one may argue that political skill is an astute skill that leaders employ to influence people to gain political mileage, in some sense, this is a potent argument because leaders do not nominate, elect or put themselves into positions of leadership.


Covid-19 Reflections: A North Carolina Story, Lea E. Williams Jan 2021

Covid-19 Reflections: A North Carolina Story, Lea E. Williams

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

What a year 2020 was! The coronavirus pandemic upended everything. In addition to the pandemic, widespread street demonstrations protested systemic racism and pervasive police violence against Blacks. To document this history-making year, the State Archives of North Carolina and the North Carolina Museum of History partnered to launch a rapid response collection called Your Story is North Carolina’s Story. The story project cast a wide net to gather first-person accounts through journal writings, photographs, objets d'art, oral reminiscences, yard signs, and other artifacts that reflect the zeitgeist of the times.


Head, Hands, And Heart: The Essential Tripod Of Servant-Leadership Education, Michael Carey, Kathleen Patterson, Larry C. Spears Jan 2021

Head, Hands, And Heart: The Essential Tripod Of Servant-Leadership Education, Michael Carey, Kathleen Patterson, Larry C. Spears

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

Hello, I am Dr. Michael Carey and I am the Chairperson of the Department of Organizational Leadership at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington. The Organizational Leadership program leads to a Master of Arts degree, and I am also the coordinator of what we in the program call the Servant-Leadership Concentration, which allows graduate students to focus on the academic study of servant-leadership in nearly half of the coursework required for their masters.


The Beauty Of Embracing The Shadow, Shann Ray Ferch, Jiying Song Jan 2021

The Beauty Of Embracing The Shadow, Shann Ray Ferch, Jiying Song

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

The International Journal of Servant-Leadership exists as an echo of prophetic descant. A treble harmony playing in the ear quietly above the melody which progresses in beauty below. How does one reconcile the polarities that divide us in our daily lives, our families, organizations, and nations? The articles in this volume speak to reconciliation, and the healing power associated with greater wisdom, justice, and love. They involve a necessary embrace of duality, a return to oneness in which harmony and melody are more readily heard and embodied. The great American poet and thought leader, James Baldwin, illumined our oneness precisely …


We Are All God’S Poems [1], Isaiah Hernandez Jan 2021

We Are All God’S Poems [1], Isaiah Hernandez

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

Influence: Inspired by those who have and continue to fight the good fight, and strive for a future of peace, love, and equality for all. Isaiah Hernandez is 22 years old and was born and raised in Spokane. He attended Lewis and Clark high school and was a valedictorian. Currently, he is a senior at Whitworth University graduating this coming spring with a degree in Health Science and a minor in Psychology.


I Have A Story To Tell: Will You Listen?, Amy L. Belisle Jan 2021

I Have A Story To Tell: Will You Listen?, Amy L. Belisle

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

Amy L Belisle is currently enrolled in the Doctor of Leadership Studies program at Gonzaga University and is a 2014 graduate of Gonzaga University’s Master of Organizational Leadership program. Prior to earning her Master from Gonzaga University, she completed a Bachelor of Arts in Biology at Franklin College, in Franklin, Indiana and a Bachelor of Science in Leadership Studies at Providence College, in Providence Rhode Island. She has been living and working in Rhode Island, for Amgen, Inc., for the last 18 years. Her current role is in the Product Quality organization as a Senior Manager. In addition to her …


We Are All God’S Poems [2], José Hernandez Jan 2021

We Are All God’S Poems [2], José Hernandez

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

Influence: After living for many years in this nation of immigrants plagued by a dark cloud of racism and inequality but inspired by those who in my understanding have continued the work of Jesucristo to free the people, I’ve been moved by the courage and love of many people who refuse to stay silent in the midst of serious attacks to freedom and true democracy, the very foundation of many nations. José Hernandez was born and raised in Caracas Venezuela and has lived in the United States since 1987. He received a Master of Science and a PhD in Leadership …


Reflections On The Origins Of Robert K. Greenleaf’S Five Books, Larry C. Spears Jan 2021

Reflections On The Origins Of Robert K. Greenleaf’S Five Books, Larry C. Spears

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

In July, my wife Beth gave birth to our second son, Matthew, who joined his big brother, James. Born on July 14, I soon learned that Matthew actually shared a birthday with Bob Greenleaf, who had been born in Terre Haute, Indiana on July 14, 1904. In September, I had my one-and-only face-to-face meeting with Robert Greenleaf—the subject of another story that I have shared in several places, most notably in Fortuitous Encounters: Wisdom Stories for Learning and Growth (Paul Davis and Larry C. Spears, Editors: Paulist Press, 2013). Ten days later, Robert Greenleaf passed away at the age of …


Interruptive Symbology: Servant-Leadership From Micro-Observation To Macro-Movement, Anne M. “Marnie” Rorholm Jan 2021

Interruptive Symbology: Servant-Leadership From Micro-Observation To Macro-Movement, Anne M. “Marnie” Rorholm

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

In the summer of 2020, against a backdrop of a global pandemic, a U.S. presidential election and the zenith of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement, a hermeneutic phenomenological research study was conducted to establish the legitimacy and help define the theory of interruptive symbology. Despite the civil unrest in America, this was a serendipitous time for this type of research, as the mainstream and social media was rife with disruptive images.


Spirituality Revisited: Heeding Greenleaf’S Call For The Spirituality Of Leadership, Cheryl Broetje Jan 2021

Spirituality Revisited: Heeding Greenleaf’S Call For The Spirituality Of Leadership, Cheryl Broetje

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

Many people are called to a vision for a more loving, more just society, but they are unprepared to hear it. As such, most calls go unclaimed. In Proverbs 29:18 we read “Where there is no vision, the people perish.” It is a deeply spiritual work to listen deeply enough to hear a vision, let alone trust it, while awaiting God’s timing for the vision to be born into the world. A birth of call in our lives takes a community of support, just as the birth of any baby. In our role as family, friends and neighbors, we help …


Contextualizing Our Leadership Education Approach To Complex Problem Solving: Shifting Paradigms And Evolving Knowledge: Priority 5 Of The National Leadership Education Research Agenda 2020–2025, Rian Satterwhite, Ariel Sarid, Carolyn M. Cunningham, Elizabeth Goryunova, Heather Crandall, James L. Morrison, Kate Sheridan, Mcintyre Miller Oct 2020

Contextualizing Our Leadership Education Approach To Complex Problem Solving: Shifting Paradigms And Evolving Knowledge: Priority 5 Of The National Leadership Education Research Agenda 2020–2025, Rian Satterwhite, Ariel Sarid, Carolyn M. Cunningham, Elizabeth Goryunova, Heather Crandall, James L. Morrison, Kate Sheridan, Mcintyre Miller

Leadership Studies Faculty Scholarship

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Communication And Leadership 2020: Intersectional, Mindful, And Digital, Carolyn M. Cunningham, Michael Hazel, Tracey J. Hayes Jan 2020

Communication And Leadership 2020: Intersectional, Mindful, And Digital, Carolyn M. Cunningham, Michael Hazel, Tracey J. Hayes

Communication & Leadership Faculty Scholarship

The article discusses the history of leadership studies and its more recent interdisciplinary integration with the communication field. It also provides an overview of relevant issues for leaders and communicators in the 21st century. Topics discussed relevant to communication and leadership contexts include the development of leadership theories, leadership and communication, gender research in leadership and communication, intersectionality, media representations, mindfulness research and application, digital communication, social movements, protest leadership, women and protest leadership, social media and crisis management, and social media and public health.


The Silver Screen As Mirror: Investigating Servant-Leadership In American Film, Joe Walsh Jan 2020

The Silver Screen As Mirror: Investigating Servant-Leadership In American Film, Joe Walsh

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

Movies have entranced me from a young age and have been a faithful companion throughout my life. The mystery and allure of the silver screen has been explained in a myriad of ways to justify why the visual medium from the Hollywood blockbuster to the Sundance auteur film have a developed and committed following. Film theorists cite reasons like escapism, empathetic catharsis through emotional practicing, and shared storytelling to describe the motivations of film-going audiences (Barsam & Monahan, 2017; Pramaggiore & Wallis, 2018; Truby, 2008). Physically, the process of viewing film is the result of encountering images projected onto a …


My Journey Into The Servant-Leadership Movement, Joseph Rocky Wallace Jan 2020

My Journey Into The Servant-Leadership Movement, Joseph Rocky Wallace

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

I was raised in a home that modeled servant-leadership through and through, as my parents were active Christians, and Dad was a United Methodist pastor. But as I grew, navigating the various stages of high school, college, early career, graduate school, marriage, children…the term servant-leadership was not commonly used in my life circle. I was an educator, later a school administrator, had coached baseball and basketball in the school system to begin my career, always active in the church, attended leadership conference after leadership conference as part of my work…But servant-leading in how one lives life and serves in organizations …


A Journey In Servant-Leadership, Larry C. Spears Jan 2020

A Journey In Servant-Leadership, Larry C. Spears

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

Welcome to our 2020 edition of The International Journal of Servant-Leadership. I would like to offer my special thanks to all of our contributing authors in this journal. Each edition of IJSL contains a wonderful array of articles and papers, poetry and research, film reviews and reflections from around the world that demonstrate many remarkable journeys in servant-leadership.


Prophetic Story-Weaving And Truthtelling: On The Road To Servant-Leadership In Smoke Signals, Erin K. Davis Jan 2020

Prophetic Story-Weaving And Truthtelling: On The Road To Servant-Leadership In Smoke Signals, Erin K. Davis

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

North Dakota At my grandfather’s 95th birthday party, I visit his table. Spread out in front of him are photographs from his childhood. Each shot taken from far away, as if faces weren’t important on the North Dakota plains, ancient family members dotting the flat landscape like tiny shrubs.


Burnout On The Front Lines: Physicians And Nurses As Servant-Leaders During Covid-19, Rebekah Rogers Jan 2020

Burnout On The Front Lines: Physicians And Nurses As Servant-Leaders During Covid-19, Rebekah Rogers

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

Individuals rely on physicians and nurses during some of the most critical moments in their lives. The United States fell victim to a widespread health pandemic in early 2020 caused by the spread of a novel coronavirus (COVID-19) that paralyzed the country and devastated the global economy. The international health crisis thrust first responders to the front lines of an evolving war unlike anything society has seen in a century. As of September 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported more than 6.5 million confirmed cases and 194,155 deaths in the United States (CDC, 2020). The cities …


The Birth Of The Modern1, Lynne Knight Jan 2020

The Birth Of The Modern1, Lynne Knight

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

When Rodin first felt the looseness of the white Dominican robe Balzac wore to write in, his hands went still in the clay. He stood for a long while, learning the cloth’s heavy fall, letting it find its way to Balzac’s hands, which would hold the robe closed from within, simplifying the figure until nothing human would be noticed but the head in its defiance of a bronze repose.


Teaching And Learning Servantleadership In The Outdoors, Jerome Gabriel, Sydney Sklar, Jessica Monu Jan 2020

Teaching And Learning Servantleadership In The Outdoors, Jerome Gabriel, Sydney Sklar, Jessica Monu

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

In the field of outdoor education a great deal of emphasis has been placed on evaluating instructional processes as they are used to develop leadership competencies (Berman & Berman, 2009; Buell, 1981; Gabriel, 2015; Green, 1981; Holladay & Sklar, 2012; Martin, Cashel, Wagstaff, & Breunig, 2006; Priest, 1984, 1986; Raiola & Sugerman, 1999). A limited body of outdoor leadership research has evaluated particular leadership frameworks, such as situational leadership theory (Hersey & Blanchard, 1981; Gabriel, 2015), to determine if leadership practices align with a particular leadership model in question. To advance professional knowledge of outdoor leadership theory and practice, the …


How To Communicate Servant-Leadership: An Exploration Of Relational Communication And Employee Outcomes, David Sloan, Alan Mikkelson, Timothy Wilkinson Jan 2020

How To Communicate Servant-Leadership: An Exploration Of Relational Communication And Employee Outcomes, David Sloan, Alan Mikkelson, Timothy Wilkinson

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

Can supervisors intentionally communicate messages that signal traits of servant-leadership and that influence organizational commitment, job satisfaction, and turnover intentions? Organizational supervisors are in a unique position to influence the employee experience (Myers, Seibold, & Park, 2011). A substantial body of research has documented the ability of a supervisor to influence employee attitudes such as organizational commitment, job satisfaction, and turnover intentions (e.g., Bliss & Fallon, 2003; Brown & Yoshioka, 2003; Epitropaki & Martin, 2005; Fleishman, 1998; Jaskyte, 2003; McColl-Kennedy & Anderson, 2005; Walumbwa & Lawler, 2003). Within organizational behavior research, servant-leadership has emerged as one of the prominent leadership …


The Relationship Between Servantleadership And Self-Transcendence In A Spiritual Organization, Crystal J. Davis Jan 2020

The Relationship Between Servantleadership And Self-Transcendence In A Spiritual Organization, Crystal J. Davis

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

I grew up in the African American Baptist Church. It was there that I would first learn about servant-leadership, although I did not know about Robert Greenleaf or the theory of servant-leadership. What I did know about servant-leadership was from the Holy Bible. Jesus was the ultimate servant-leader, and I saw servant-leadership in action through my Mother.


Fifteen Brief Insights On Servant-Leadership1, Larry C. Spears Jan 2020

Fifteen Brief Insights On Servant-Leadership1, Larry C. Spears

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

“I have come to believe that we should insist upon having choices and making decisions for ourselves, rather than having decisions forced upon us by others—no matter how well-intentioned. We should also become powerful advocates for allowing others to have those same rights. Yes, we live in an increasingly interdependent world, and we should take very seriously the careful balancing of personal choice with the greater social good. However, as Gordon Livingston says in his excellent book, Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart: Thirty True Things You Need to Know Now: ‘Nobody likes to be told what to do. It …


Selma: An Exploration Of The Womanist Lens And The Servant-Leader, Carmen Dela Cruz Jan 2020

Selma: An Exploration Of The Womanist Lens And The Servant-Leader, Carmen Dela Cruz

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

Most of the Black community remember where they were the day the news broke that Barack Obama would be the 44th president of the United States. In 2008, I was living in the historic city of Atlanta where I had left behind the dust of an unpaved country road in Russellville, Arkansas. I had wondered then if any of the inhabitants of the predominately White town were somewhere celebrating too. I stared at the screen in the hip Inman Park area with my brother and mixture of folks of different races, and we took to the streets and started shouting …


Servant-Leadership And Trust Between Teachers And Principals, Brent Kuykendall, Charles L. Slater Jan 2020

Servant-Leadership And Trust Between Teachers And Principals, Brent Kuykendall, Charles L. Slater

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

A school district in the northeast had as its motto for many years, “We serve youth, that youth may learn to serve.” At first glance, the idea of serving youth may seem overly permissive, but this concept of service did not mean waiting on students, but rather creating an environment in which they would be challenged with a focus on their development. It was based on trust among students, teachers, administrators and parents. This investigation is an examination of trust and servant-leadership between teachers and principals in elementary school.


Perceived Servant-Leadership Affects Job Satisfaction In Higher Education: A Literature Review, Haroon Rasheed Baqai Jan 2020

Perceived Servant-Leadership Affects Job Satisfaction In Higher Education: A Literature Review, Haroon Rasheed Baqai

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

Faculty and staff play a vital role in the success of higher education institutions and thus are critical assets for colleges and universities (Bateh & Heyliger, 2014; Cordeiro, 2010; Ragaisis, 2018). Satisfied faculty and staff enhance organizational effectiveness by improving the learning environment for students, enhancing student performance, and boosting the institution’s public image (Chen, Yang, Shiau, & Wang, 2006; Siddique, Aslam, Khan, & Fatima, 2011) and long-term success (Kebede & Demeke, 2017). Job satisfaction (JS) is increasingly the focus in managing higher education institutions. High JS among faculty and staff improves productivity and cuts costs by reducing underperformance (Webb, …


Receptive Communication: A Holistic Orientation For Servant-Leaders, Stephen Michael Tumolo Jan 2020

Receptive Communication: A Holistic Orientation For Servant-Leaders, Stephen Michael Tumolo

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

Robert Greenleaf’s vision of servant-leadership continues to grow, attracting leaders and organizations who resonate with its values (Ferch, Spears, McFarland, & Carey, 2015). Servantleadership scholarship furthers this vision and supports growth in a variety of ways, including: defining and clarifying the essence of servant-leadership, inspiring those who aspire to serve and lead, operationalizing theory through application to organizational settings, creating measures for servant-leadership, and reviewing and synthesizing literature (van Dierendonck, 2010).


Servant-Leadership In Turbulent Times: A Conversation With Larry C. Spears, Jiying Song Jan 2020

Servant-Leadership In Turbulent Times: A Conversation With Larry C. Spears, Jiying Song

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

The year of 2020 has been most challenging to many people all over the world. The COVID-19 pandemic has left almost no one’s life untouched. Robert Greenleaf’s best test says, “Do those served grow as persons? Do they, while being served, become healthier, wiser, freer, more autonomous, more likely themselves to become servants? And, what is the effect on the least privileged in society; will they benefit, or at least, not be further deprived?” During this pandemic, the least privileged in society suffer the most, and various groups of vulnerable people have been marginalized, or pushed further into poverty. Is …


The Women’S Project—A Power Balance Issue In The Core Of A Spanish Feminist Organization: A Case Study Inquiry Through The Lens Of Servant-Leadership And Feminism, Carla Penha-Vasconcelos Jan 2020

The Women’S Project—A Power Balance Issue In The Core Of A Spanish Feminist Organization: A Case Study Inquiry Through The Lens Of Servant-Leadership And Feminism, Carla Penha-Vasconcelos

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

The Women’s Project (TWP) is a Spanish based non-profit organization that hired an external consultant to analyze its organizational conflict between the main leaders and its members. TWP requested consultancy services to present a background case study about the organization through the lens of different philosophical approaches that can pose a series of reflective questions that may be used to initiate an internal dialogue towards practicing conflict resolution and a healing process of self-care. The consultant presents the final report with a background case study called The Women’s Project—A power balance issue at the core of a feminist organization with …


Eros And Logos: Servant-Leadership, Feminism, And The Critical Unities Of Gender Well-Being, Shann Ray Ferch Jan 2020

Eros And Logos: Servant-Leadership, Feminism, And The Critical Unities Of Gender Well-Being, Shann Ray Ferch

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

Aquestion was asked of me by the inimitable Nike Imoru, a North Londoner raised in Nigeria, an exceptional casting director, and the first woman and person of color to gain a tenured position in the Theatre Department at Hull in the UK (when she was only twenty-eight.) The question: What is your understanding of the masculine in America? Nike’s presence is water from a deep well. Her direction elicited the following.


The Humility To Serve: Acknowledging A Fallible Spirit And Nurturing Growth, Nick Huge Jan 2020

The Humility To Serve: Acknowledging A Fallible Spirit And Nurturing Growth, Nick Huge

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

Servant-leadership is a broad model that can be applied at many levels and in diverse seasons of one’s life. It is not only limited to an occupation but is relevant to our daily, more personal, social and familial interactions. It often seems that nurturing the less personal relationships with subordinates and co-workers comes more readily than those that are more deeply intimate. There is generally greater vulnerability required to humble oneself and be at the mercy of those who can most deeply wound us. For most, there is at least somewhat of an emotional distance to maintain with employees and …